60883 2004-08-19 05:00 0000 cdrecord from cdrtools is not gpl (it has an extra restriction) 2004-09-02 17:17:34 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Unspecified unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.fr pylon@gentoo.org polynomial-c@gentoo.org benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.fr 2004-08-19 05:00:24 0000 The file cdrecord/cdrecord.c has the following exrtra restriction (line 4640): /* * You are not allowed to modify or remove the following code. * I am sorry that I am forced to do things like this, but defective * versions of cdrecord cause a lot of work load to me and it seems * to be impossible to otherwise convince SuSE to cooperate. * As people contact me and bother me with the related problems, * it is obvious that SuSE is violating subsection 6 in the preamble of * the GPL. * * Note that although the SuSE test is effective only for SuSE, the * intention to have non bastardized versions out is not limited * to SuSE. It is bad to see that in special in the "Linux" business, * companies prefer a model with many proprietary differing programs * instead of cooperating with the program authors. */ this extra restriction make cdrecord non gpl. maybe the licence in the ebuild should be updated. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. benoit.boissinot@ens-lyon.fr 2004-08-19 05:01:46 0000 i forgot to say that this applies on versions 2.01a36 pylon@gentoo.org 2004-09-02 17:17:34 0000 I already added a comment to the ebuild. Obviously I forgot to close this bug.